{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F8aba1741-c5ff-4b93-b580-661ff716e142","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"How to Grow Fresh Green Leaves, Stories, and Kids","description":"There\u2019s nothing like fresh green leaves after a long winter. Resting our eyes on lush grass can be healing, and we can make the plant world sparkle with unique presence for our kids by telling stories that draw their imagination into the growing sprouts.\n\nWhen we tell a story about something real we tie imagination and reality together, a process we call the Storytelling Loop. Play often becomes a third component, because our stories open up a child\u2019s curiosity to explore and create.\n\nBy \u201cplanting\u201d a story in something real (in this case grass), our kids awaken to a very rich experience, with plenty of room to explore both reality and imagination.\n\nIn This Episode\n\n- Learn how to sprout and grow your own wheat grass\n- Listen to a sample story that will connect your little ones to the grass you're growing at home\n- Explore the background of how story, real life, and creative activities make for a rich sensory experience\n- You have the opportunity to play the story we\u2019ve recorded, or use it as an example to tell your own\n\nYou will find more details, including a video planting guide at - https://howtotellstoriestochildren.com/podcast-blog/how-to-grow-fresh-green-stories\n\nIn The Story\n\nMira lives in the city. She loves her mom and dad, but she misses her Grandmother\u2019s farm. Then she remembers the little seed pouch Grandmother gave her. She gathers a pot, some soil, and puts all her love and attention into the little seed babies in her care.\n\nIn doing so, Mira brings the whole family together, and the story describes the same process you and your child will follow to plant your own seed babies at home.\n\nIn a second story, Randolph Roots, the gnome of the mountain, visits Mira\u2019s Grandmother, and we get to see the seed babies from a whole new perspective.\n\nAfter The Story\n\nPlant your seed babies. On our website we have a video with instructions for growing wheat grass, but you could grow beans, squash, or any plants you like. The goal isn\u2019t so much to replicate our process, but to observe the relationship between story and the real (plant) world. We share examples to help inspire you to create your own.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/32f68f63-f637-4d60-bd70-d823602638a8/knGrWhSHEPHwkk7aqEnJQc1I.jpg"}